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Zero To Awesome - Debugging

Posted by: Editor / Friday, May 30, 2008 – 2:31pm

by Matt Petrowsky

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Programming, or using logic for that matter (for some people - not you), can be an exercise in creating more problems than solving them - at least until you debug those problems. And there it is, debugging, that essential skill which increases your productivity while programming.

Ok, so maybe you don't think you're programming when you're writing a script. I beg to disagree. You're using conditional logic and you've got access to a debugger - a programmers tool.

So how do you go about using the debugger most efficiently. Well, you need to learn what Step In, Step Over and Step Out mean in the world of debugging. Fortunately, this can be learned in the short 27 minutes this video takes to watch!

Details: Released - 5/30/2008 / Size - 40.07 MB / Length - 27 min
About author

Matt Petrowsky is the Senior Editor for ISO FileMaker Magazine. Matt has been involved with FileMaker Pro since the early '90s. Having authored many articles, a popular book, spoken at conferences and seminars, as well as provided private training, Matt is continuously updating his knowledge and skill about the powerful FileMaker platform. You can contact Matt by sending email to editor@filemakermagazine.com.

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Great tip about the debug Custom Function!

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That will be very useful. Thanks.

FYI, you can still set keyboard shortcuts for Filemaker on the Mac even if it is not listed by default. Just scroll all the way down in the Application list and select Other. Then choose your Filemaker application and enter your shortcuts. If you use multiple versions, for example both Pro and Advanced, one set of shortcuts have to be entered for each one.

Cheers,

Andreas

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Very cool! Thanks for the tip - ADMIN POSTED THIS

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I had not known about this. Thanks for the tip. Also to Dave Walsh who sent me an email about it!

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